Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848-1907)

'Homer Saint-Gaudens'

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Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848-1907)
'Homer Saint-Gaudens'
inscribed 'To.my.friend.Doctor.Henry.Schiff.this.portrait. of.my.son.Homer.Schiff.Saint.Gavdens.at.the. age.of.seventeen.months.Avgvstvs.Saint.Gaudens.New.York.February.M.D.C. C.C.LXXXII.' (along the upper margin)
bronze plaque with verdigris patina
19¾ x 10 in. (50.2 x 25.4 cm.)

Literature

H.J. Duffy and J.H. Dryfhout, Trust for Museum Exhibitions, Augustus Saint-Gaudens: American Sculptor of the Gilded Age, Washington, D.C., 2003, p. 113, no. 73, another example illustrated.
J.H. Dryfhout, The Work of Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Hanover, New Hampshire, 1982, pp. 126-127, another example illustrated.
J.H. Dryfhout and B. Fox, Augustus Saint-Gaudens: The Portrait Relief, The National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C., no. 25, another example illustrated.

Lot Essay

Homer Schiff Saint-Gaudens (1880-1958) was the only child of the artist. The plaque was made for Dr. Henry Schiff, a close friend of the artist, after whom the artist named his son.
Additional examples of the present work are in the collections of the Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York, The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Michigan, the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts (plaster), The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York and the San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, California.

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